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I feel that it is important to quietly spend time in the building where the new window is to be situated, to get to know the way in which the light enters the space and how it affects the atmosphere. Other stained glass windows and works of art and architecture in the building need to be considered where present, and respected in the design, also the requirements of the commissioning body. This could mean discussions with an individual customer as sponsor, or an architect, or parish priest, or involving the wider community.
I have also worked closely in consultation with school staff and pupils on some projects, incorporating the design ideas and actual artwork of the children as stained glass.
The strong structural element of the supporting lead and steel matrix becomes a major part of the design elements of my work, balanced by fluid painted line and vibrant colour of antique stained glass. I often make use of extensive aciding of flashed glass to achieve a rich depth of colour graduation and to harmonise colour shifts across the window.
Commissions
‘Remembrance’ -
I prefer working with the traditional processes of painting on to antique glass with kiln fired oxide pigments, including screen printing and acid etching or sand-
St Colman’s Church, Hampshire ~ Union Catholic Mothers Anniversary window
‘Baptism’~ St Colman’s Rosary windows, Nave
‘Eucharist’~ St Colman’s Rosary windows, Nave
St John’s School Chapel Surrey ~ ‘The Eagle of Saint John’
St Finian’s School Berkshire ~ ‘Resurrection’ & ‘Creation’ windows
St Paul’s Church, Hampshire ~ Life of St Paul, entrance windows
St Colman’s Church, Hampshire ~ St Therese of Lisieux window, Chancel
‘Transfiguration’~ St Colman’s Rosary windows, Nave
‘Proclamation of the Kingdom’~ St Colman’s Rosary windows, Nave
Heraldic windows~ Flowton Priory, Hertfordshire
‘Marriage at Cana’~ St Colman’s Rosary windows, Nave
Gilbert White Memorial, St Mary’s Church, Selborne
‘Trinity’~ St Colman’s Rosary windows, Nave
‘Higgins Memorial’~ St Colman’s Church, Porch windows
Military Police windows ~ Southwick Park, Hampshire
Harrow Martyrs ~ Our Lady & St Thomas of Canterbury
Faith / worship windows ~ various
Domestic / exhibition windows ~ various
St Aldhelm windows ~ St Aldhelm’s Chapel, Lytchett Heath, Dorset
School windows~ various
WW1 Remembrance ~ West Window, St John’s School Chapel, Leatherhead
Psalm 24 Verse 1, ‘The earth is the Lord’s’ ~ All Saints Church, Denmead
‘Life of Saint Paul’ entrance windows, St Paul’s Church, Paulsgrove
St Walburga’s Catholic School ~ Bournemouth, Dorset
‘Four Seasons’ ~ St Nicholas’s Church, Longparish
Blue Man of the Sea ~ Spice Island, Old Portsmouth, private commission
Psalm 24 Verse 1 ~ All Saints Anglican Church
Armistice Windows ~ Gosport War Memorial Hospital
World Wars Memorial
~ St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Hawkley
Steam Railways and rolling stock
Birds
Royal School ~ HM Queen’s 90th Birthday & School 175 th anniversary
‘Road to Emmaus’ ~ Church of Our Lady, Fleet, Hampshire
